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JOSEPH K. RUSH, @IF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Speeicatlon of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920,

Application nled January 12, 1918. Serial No.. 211,545.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Josera l. Rusia, a

resident of Syracuse, in the county of @nondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful' improvements in Artificial tBait, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

rllhis invention relates to certain improvements in artiiical bait of the vcharacter adapted for trolling'and casting.

The primary object of the invention is toproduce a bait of this character of less spe cie gravity than water, so that it will normally float upon the surface of the water and so shaped and balanced that if reeled slowly it will constitute a surfacebait, and if reeled more rapidly, an under war hait, its submergence and the depth at which it travels being determined by the speed of movement of the bait relatively to the water, the bait under all conditions, whether used as a surface or an under water bait, having a reciprocal wriggling, zig-zag, movement imitating the action of a fish in swimming.

ldeietofore, under water bait of the ty )e illustrated in Yalreley Design lfautent ho. 46,7%, issued December E22, lfllfl, have been formed with a longitudinal ciganshaped body having its greatest diameter substantially the central portion of `the 'body and tapering therefrom in opposite directions, so that the bait moves about its greatest horizontal diameter asa pivot axis and when lying in water normally` inclines down wardly at an angle of approximately 115 when such a bait is reeled in it divesrto a considerable depth and is solely an under water bait. l

l`he structure here shown operates in a markedly different manner from the con1- mercial bait described, by reason of the fact that the body of the bait is formed 'of two bulbous portions arranged end to end and separated-by a contracted Waist portion, so that the smallest diameter ofthe bait body is at an intermediate portion of-such body and referably near the center thereof. Such a ait is found to normally lie substantially flat or in a horizontal plane upon the surface of the water and does'not dive when reeled in slowly, and is therefore of great value for use lboth in deep water and in shallow places,

` particularly where the bottom is covered citizen of the United States of America, and

with grass or the like, the operator readil effecting such movement of the bait as wi l constitute it, either a surface bait or an under water gait, traveling at a desired depth.

@ther o jects and advantages ofthe invention relate to the details of form and arrangement of the parts as will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which-,

Fisu my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on 2 2 Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the bait from the rear..

Fig.. Il is a cross section on ntf-d lig. 2. Fig. 5 is a top plan of a slightly modied form used in malring small baits.

Fig. t is a cross section on -,-6-6- Fig. 5.

rlhe invention comprises a plug l formed preferably of wood or other material of a specific gravity less than Water, so that the plus carrying suitable hooks will normally oatnpon the surface of the water, The plug may be and preferably is turned or otherwise shaped from a single piece of material,.and in dnished form comprises a body portion -2- formed of a pair of bulbous parte, -3- and -t respectively,

connected end to end by a contracted waist- -5 into which both bulbous portions symmetrically merge. Frefera'bly the body, throughout its length, is circular in cross section, all circumferences of the body being co-axial.' The two bulbous parts are preferably shaped as shown in the figures of the drawing, the forward part -3- being substantially spherical in form, while the rear part -lis elongated and substantially ellipsoidal in form and tapers to a substantial point at the rear. Preferably re l is a top plan view of a bait of V itt the greatest diameter of the part -3- is slightly longer than the greatest diameter of the part -t-..

'lhe cylindrical part 3 merges at its forward end into a contracted vcircular neck --6'-l which neck in turn mergesI into a bulbous head -7- having an upper forwardly and downwardly inclined substantiallyplane surface -8- adapted to lower the bait when drawn at a suciently rapid rate throu h the water. Line attaching means may lie provided as screw-eye 9 secured upon ldd l the forwardly and downwardly inclined face 8fand preferabl as shown this eye is f positioned below the ongitudinal axis of the effect proper submergence of the bait at prelli determined speed of movement through the water.

, The surface -8- may, stantially pear-shaped with its narrower upper end terminating as shown in Fig. 1, just in front of the contracted neck -6- or this surface ma as shown in Fig. 5, be convergedto a su stantial point lying in the circumference of the neck -6-.

The head 7 is provided with a laterally arcuate downwardly and rearwardly inclined front wall -10- merging symmetrically into the upwardly inclined laterally arcuate lower surface -llof the head.

It will be noted that both the upper and wardly and upwardly inclined and merge into the contracted neck, although the u per surface -8- may terminate slightly in ront lof said neck and the circumference of the neck being preferably, as shown, concentric with any selected circumference of the binary bulbous body -2.

Preferably the head -7- as shown eX- tends some distance below the plane of the lower surface of body 2-. This construction being quite accentuated in the bait shown in Fig. 6.A The body 2 carries suitable hooks and as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 a suitable hook or hooks may be secured to each bulbous body, while in the structure shown in Fig. 6 the hook is secured at the contracted waist portion 5-.

rEhe latter structure is particularly adapted for use with small bait carrying a single hook or a plurality of hooks mounted upon a sinleattaching means. v

lthough l have shown and described specific constructions as illustrative of my invention, and as perhaps preferred embodiments thereof, l do not desire to limit myself to the. exact details of construction, form and arrangements as variations may be made'in each of the same without departing from the spirit of this inventionas set forth in the appended claims.

1.- An articial bait comprising a ri 'd, binary bulbous body, and a head exten ing forwardly from the body and rigidly ccnuected thereto. A

2. An artificial bait comprising three bulbas shown, be subnaaaeoe ous bodies rigidly connected end to end by contracted portions. f A

3. An artificial bait comprising a body formed of two bulbous parts connected end to end by a contracted waist portion into 5. An artificial bait comprising a rio'id binary bulbous body, a head extending orwardly' from the body and having a forwardly and downwardly inclined plane face for inducing submergence of the bait, and emtracted neck intermediate the head and dyAn artificial bait formed of one integral piece of material of less specific gravity than water and comprising three bulbous bodies connected end to end, thefront one of said bodies havin at its'forward end a surface opposed to t e forward movement of the bait through the water.

7. An artificial bait formed of one integral piece of material of less specific gravity than water and comprisin three bulbous bodies connected end to en the front one of said bodies havin at its forward end a surface inducing su mergence of the bait when the latter Ais drawn rapidly through the water.

8. An artificial bait comprising a body formed of two bulbous portions rigidly united by a contracted waist portion, said bulbous portions being so formed and related to each other as to normally cause the bait to lie substantially parallel with the surface of the water when moving at slow speeds relatively to the water and permitting diving of 'the bait when tension is applied to the line causing the bait to move at higher speeds relativel to the water, av head eX- tending forwar ly from the body and provided-with a forwardly downwardly inclining resistance surface of substantial area` adapted to induce submermince of the bait at said higher speeds and a contracted neck intermediate the head and bod ln witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th da of Januar 1918.

' gOSEPI-l RUSH.

Witnesses:

E. A THOMPSON, H. E. @neen 

